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Myanmar: Own-account workers, female

27.80percent · 2016+3.3% since 2006

Own-account workers are workers who, working on their own account or with one or more more partners, hold the types of jobs defined as "self-employment jobs" and have not engaged on a continuous basis any employees to work for them. Own account workers are a subcategory of "self-employed". Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Myanmar from 1991 to 2016.

19912016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201627.797
201526.441
201426.331
201326.453
201225.952
201125.838
201027.215
200926.845
200826.519
200727.799
200626.898
200526.714
200425.847
200325.424
200225.355
200125.011
200024.102
199923.435
199821.487
199721.161
199621.02
199520.475
199420.97
199320.207
199219.271
199117.056

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World Bank (2026). Own-account workers, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-own-account-workers-female (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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